Charles Leclerc turned a solid Spanish GP into a podium after a late safety car period. He passed Max Verstappen, who was fighting with hard tyres and nearly went off before making it to the restart. This allowed Leclerc to get alongside early, and gently bumped Verstappen on the way to the overtake with six…
McLaren had a strong start to their F1 Spanish GP weekend as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, respectively, led FP1 and FP2 Friday. Norris’ 1:13.718 was .367 seconds up on Max Verstappen in 2nd and over a half-second quicker than Piastri’s best time (1:14.294, P5) in the first session. Piastri goes fastest, ready for a…
Nico Hülkenberg and Sauber came close to their second points finish of 2025, running as high as seventh before ultimately finishing twelfth at the F1 Imola GP. On a long first stint, Sauber and Hülkenberg move up at F1 Imola GP Starting just 17th, Hülkenberg took advantage of other teams’ pitting early to make his…
The field for this year’s Indy 500 finally got a full day of running in Thursday, and the result in Practice 3 was a familiar one. Two-time defending race winner Josef Newgarden topped the timesheets with a lap of 226.632 mph. Scott Dixon came second with a speed of 225.457 mph, with Conor Daly third…
McLaren are heading into the F1 Miami Grand Prix with an upgrade aimed at making the car easier to drive for Lando Norris, who, while second in points through five races, has only managed one win compared to three for teammate and points leader Oscar Piastri, and missed the podium after starting 10th following a…
Christian Lundgaard rallied back from a qualifying wreck that put him 12th on the grid to finish in 3rd at the 2025 Long Beach Grand Prix. It was the second straight P3 for the Arrow McLaren driver, now the only driver other than championship leader Alex Palou to have multiple podium finishes. Lundgaard now sits…
After a strong result in Shanghai two weeks ago, Haas driver Esteban Ocon had a sluggish F1 Japanese GP weekend. Despite a floor upgrade, the Frenchman was stuck in Q1, starting in 18th, and made up no ground by the end of the race to finish in 18th as well. Ocon starting on hard tyres…
The 2025 F1 Australian GP was one to forget for Liam Lawson. In his first race weekend for Red Bull, he was unable to get out of Q1 and started 18th at the Australian Grand Prix, then struggled for pace on race day before hitting the wall as the late rain came down with 11…
McLaren continued their impressive form in the first official session of 2025, as Lando Norris topped the timesheets for FP1 at the Australian Grand Prix with a lap of 1:17.252. Carlos Sainz came in second as Williams carried over their promising testing pace. The Spaniard led the latter part of the session with a time…
Pit Debrief had a chance to talk with longtime Formula 1 race engineer Steve Hallam, whose tenure included three years as Ayrton Senna’s race engineer at Lotus. From Hallam’s first glimpse, at a tyre test in 1982, it was clear that Senna was going to make a name for himself. Hallam watches Senna from afar…
